Comments on: Apple Threatens To Shut Down iTunes Store (Really) If Forced To Pay Higher Rates http://paidcontent.org/2008/10/01/419-royalty-board-could-jack-up-costs-for-apples-itunes-store/ The economics of digital content Sat, 25 May 2013 19:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mal, MNN http://paidcontent.org/2008/10/01/419-royalty-board-could-jack-up-costs-for-apples-itunes-store/#comment-63947 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:45:26 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/10/01/419-royalty-board-could-jack-up-costs-for-apples-itunes-store/#comment-63947 with the iTunes store producing so much revenue for Apple, and iPod sales, this sounds like an empty threat to us.

http://www.musicnewsnet.com/2008/10/apple-threatens.html

]]> By: Nick http://paidcontent.org/2008/10/01/419-royalty-board-could-jack-up-costs-for-apples-itunes-store/#comment-63946 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:07:45 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/10/01/419-royalty-board-could-jack-up-costs-for-apples-itunes-store/#comment-63946 *record, sorry

]]> By: Nick http://paidcontent.org/2008/10/01/419-royalty-board-could-jack-up-costs-for-apples-itunes-store/#comment-63945 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:07:21 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/10/01/419-royalty-board-could-jack-up-costs-for-apples-itunes-store/#comment-63945 That and apple makes only about 8 cents an album and the music maker wants to increase the price making apple to take a loss. I would pull the entire thing anyways.

After 2 months of lost revenue the labels will bring it back because pirates will bring a resurrected WinMX again. And yes Trent Reznor will cry again.

Amazon is .88 cents…hello? Who cares and its MP3 format

]]> By: Steve Coppock http://paidcontent.org/2008/10/01/419-royalty-board-could-jack-up-costs-for-apples-itunes-store/#comment-63944 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:50:55 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/10/01/419-royalty-board-could-jack-up-costs-for-apples-itunes-store/#comment-63944 Nice to see that Apple is doing it's part to give more justification to those that pirate music (which is probably about 95% of the public at some time in their online lives). So out of the 9.99 they are overcharging for an album, only an average of 1.08 for a 12 track album is actually going to the artists?

I guess those manufacturing costs being so high… Oh, that's right….

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